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2009 in Australian literature

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This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2009.

Events

  • HarperCollins takes over ABC Books – the publishing arm of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
  • Caro Llewellyn, resigns as director of the new Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas (now called the Wheeler Centre) in Melbourne before taking up the role. Chrissy Sharp, the Australian general manager of Sadler's Wells Theatre in London, is appointed to take her place.
  • The Australia-Asia Literary Award, based in Western Australia, is suspended.

Major publications

Literary fiction

  • Steven Amsterdam – Things We Didn't See Coming
  • Peter Carey – Parrot and Olivier in America
  • Steven Carroll – The Lost Life
  • Brian Castro – The Bath Fugues
  • Nick Cave – The Death of Bunny Munro
  • Tracy Crisp – Black Dust Dancing
  • Deborah Forster – The Book of Emmett
  • Andrea Goldsmith – Reunion
  • Marion Halligan – Valley of Grace
  • Sonya Hartnett – Butterfly
  • Eva Hornung – Dog Boy
  • Katherine Johnson – Pescador's Wake
  • Tom Keneally – The People's Train
  • Kate Legge – The Marriage Club
  • David Malouf – Ransom
  • Alex Miller – Lovesong
  • Jennifer Mills – The Diamond Anchor
  • Liane Moriarty – What Alice Forgot
  • Kristina Olsson – The China Garden
  • Sonia Orchard – The Virtuoso
  • Susan Varga – Headlong

Children's and Young Adult fiction

  • Allan Baille – Krakatoa Lighthouse
  • Alyssa Brugman – Girl Next Door
  • Judith Clarke – The Winds of Heaven
  • Mem Fox
    • Hello, Baby!
    • The Goblin and the Empty Chair
  • Odo Hirsch – Darius Bell and the Glitter Pool
  • Paul Jennings – The Nest
  • Justine Larbalestier – How to Ditch Your Fairy
  • Sophie Masson – The Madman of Venice
  • David Metzenthen – Jarvis 24
  • Tohby Riddle – The Lucky Ones
  • Lili Wilkinson – Pink
  • Sean Williams – The Scarecrow

Crime and Mystery

  • Robert G. Barrett – High Noon in Nimbin
  • Sydney Bauer – Move to Strike
  • Marshall Browne – The Iron Heart
  • Peter Corris – Deep Water
  • Garry Disher – Blood Moon
  • Kathryn Fox – Blood Born
  • Leah Giarratano – Black Ice
  • Kerry Greenwood – Forbidden Fruit
  • Bronwyn Parry – Dark Country

Romance

  • Michelle Douglas – The Aristocrat and The Single Mom
  • Nicola Marsh – Two Weeks in the Magnate's Bed
  • Katherine Scholes – The Hunter's Wife
  • Maxine Sullivan – Valente's Baby

Science Fiction and Fantasy

  • Trudi Canavan – The Magician's Apprentice
  • Greg Egan
    • Crystal Nights and Other Stories
    • Oceanic
  • Kim Falconer – The Spell of Rosette
  • Pamela Freeman – Full Circle
  • Christopher Green – "Father's Kill"
  • Traci Harding – Being of the Field
  • Deborah Kalin – Shadow Queen
  • Glenda Larke – The Last Stormlord
  • Juliet Marillier – Heart's Blood
  • Ian McHugh – "Once a Month, On a Sunday"
  • K. J. Taylor – The Dark Griffin
  • Sean Williams – The Grand Conjunction

Drama

  • Angela Betzien – The Dark Room
  • Matt Cameron & Tim Finn – Poor Boy
  • Joanna Murray-Smith – Rockabye
  • Richard Tulloch – The Book of Everything
  • David Williamson – Let the Sunshine

Poetry

  • Emily Ballou – The Darwin Poems
  • Judith Beveridge – Storm and Honey
  • Emma Jones – The Striped World
  • Jennifer Maiden – Pirate Rain
  • Geoff Page – 60 Classic Australian Poems
  • Dorothy Porter – The Bee Hut
  • Peter Porter – Better Than God

Non-fiction

Biographies

  • Roger Averill – Boy He Cry: An Island Odyssey
  • Stephen Cummings – Will It Be Funny Tomorrow, Billy?: Misadventures in Music
  • Jacqueline Kent – The Making of Julia Gillard
  • Harry M. Miller with Peter Holder – Harry M Miller: Confessions of a Not-So-Secret Agent
  • Don Walker – Shots
  • Jonathon Welch – Choir Man
  • Shirley Walker – The Ghost at the Wedding
  • George Whaley – Leo 'Rumpole' McKern: An Accidental Actor
  • Kristin Williamson – David Williamson: Behind the Scenes

Awards and honours

Lifetime achievement

AwardAuthor
title=Austlit — FAW Christopher Brennan Awardpublisher= Austliturl=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/v539?mainTabTemplate=awardWorksAndAgents&from=3&count=3access-date= 11 September 2023}}Jennifer Strauss
title= Austlit — Melbourne Prizepublisher= Austliturl=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/v1513access-date= 9 November 2023}}Gerald Murnane
url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/entertainment/books/farmer-wins-literary-award/2009/11/07/1257247756477.htmltitle=Farmer wins literary awardpublisher=Theage.com.audate=2009-11-07access-date=2023-09-10}}Beverley Farmer

Literary

AwardAuthorTitlePublisher
last=Stegerfirst=Jasondate=2009-08-22title=Apocalyptic novel wins book of the yearurl=https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/books/apocalyptic-novel-wins-book-of-the-year-20090822-ge81z2.htmlaccess-date=26 February 2024website=The Agelanguage=enarchive-date=15 August 2022archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815084846/https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/books/apocalyptic-novel-wins-book-of-the-year-20090822-ge81z2.htmlurl-status=live }}Steven Amsterdam*Things We Didn't See Coming*Sleepers Publishing
title= ALS Gold Medal — Previous Winnerspublisher= Association for the Study of Australian Literatureurl= https://www.asal.org.au/awards/als-gold-medal/access-date= 13 January 2024}}Christos Tsiolkas*The Slap*Allen & Unwin
**Colin Roderick Award**Graham Freudenberg*Churchill and Australia*Pan Macmillan
James Boyce*Van Diemen's Land*Black Inc
**Indie Book Awards Book of the Year**Craig Silvey*Jasper Jones*Allen & Unwin
last=first=last2=date=2009-06-09title=Kibble Literary Awardurl=https://history.cass.anu.edu.au/centres/ncb/kibble-literary-awardaccess-date=9 March 2024website=Australian National Universitylanguage=en-AU}}Jacqueline Kent*An Exacting Heart: The Story of Hephzibah Menuhin*Viking

Fiction

International

AwardRegionCategoryAuthorTitlePublisher
**Commonwealth Writers' Prize**SE Asia and South PacificBest NovelChristos Tsiolkas*The Slap*Allen & Unwin
Overall winnerBest NovelChristos Tsiolkas*The Slap*Allen & Unwin

National

AwardAuthorTitlePublisher
**Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature**Not awarded
**The Age Book of the Year Award**Steven Amsterdam*Things We Didn't See Coming*Sleepers Publishing
**The Australian/Vogel Literary Award**Lisa Lang*Utopian Man*Allen & Unwin
Kristel Thornell*Night Street*Allen & Unwin
title="Barbara Jefferis Award"publisher= Australian Society of Authorsurl=https://www.asauthors.org.au/award/barbara-jefferis-award/access-date= 20 January 2024}}Helen Garner*The Spare Room*Text Publishing
**Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Fiction**Craig Silvey*Jasper Jones*Allen & Unwin
**Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Debut Fiction**Sonia Orchard*The Virtuoso*Fourth Estate
**Miles Franklin Award**Tim Winton*Breath*Random House
title="Prime Minister's Literary Awards - Shortlist and winners: 2021-2008"publisher= Creative Australiaurl=https://creative.gov.au/advocacy-and-research/events/prime-ministers-literary-awards/access-date= 11 January 2024}}Nam Le*The Boat*Hamish Hamilton
title="The NSW Premier’s Literary Awards 2009"publisher= Parra Reeds, 20 May 2009url=https://parrareads.parracity.nsw.gov.au/the-nsw-premiers-literary-awards-2009/access-date= 16 January 2025}}Joan London*The Good Parents*Hamish Hamilton
title="Queensland Premier's Literary Awards - Previous Winners"publisher= Queensland Governmenturl=http://www.qld.gov.au/about/events-awards-honours/awards/literary-awards/past-winners/access-date= 13 May 2025archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120717073830/http://www.qld.gov.au/about/events-awards-honours/awards/literary-awards/past-winners/archive-date=2012-07-17}}Richard Flanagan*Wanting*Random House
title=Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction - 2009 Winnerurl=http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/literary/pla/recipients/shortlist_winner_09.htmlurl-status=deadarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100505060120/http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/literary/pla/recipients/shortlist_winner_09.htmlarchive-date=2010-05-05access-date=7 February 2025}}Christos Tsiolkas*The Slap*Allen & Unwin
**Western Australian Premier's Book Awards**Craig Silvey*Jasper Jones*Allen & Unwin
J. M. Coetzee*Summertime*Harvill Secker

Children and Young Adult

National

AwardCategoryAuthorTitlePublisher
**Children's Book of the Year Award**Older ReadersShaun Tan*Tales from Outer Suburbia*Allen & Unwin
Younger ReadersGlenda Millard, illus. Stephen Michael King*Perry Angel's Suitcase*ABC Books
Picture BookKylie Dunstan*Collecting Colour*Lothian
Early ChildhoodBob Graham*How to Heal a Broken Wing*Walker Books
**Davitt Award**Young Adult NovelCatherine Jinks*Genius Squad*Allen & Unwin
**Indie Book Awards Book of the Year**Children's & YASally Murphy & Heather Potter (Illus)*Pearl Verses The World*Walker Books
**New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards**Children'sUrsula Dubosarsky and Tohby Riddle*The Word Spy*Penguin
Young People'sMichelle Cooper*A Brief History of Montmaray*Random House Australia
**Queensland Premier's Literary Awards**Children'sGaye Chapman*Little Blue*Little Hare Books
Young AdultGlenda Millard*A Small Free Kiss in the Dark*Allen & Unwin
**South Australian Premier's Awards**Children'sNot awarded
**Victorian Premier's Literary Award**Young Adult FictionSue Saliba*Something in the World Called Love*Penguin
**Western Australian Premier's Book Awards**Children'sBob Graham*How to Heal a Broken Wing*Walker Books
Writing for Young AdultsShaun Tan*Tales from Outer Suburbia*Allen & Unwin

Crime and Mystery

National

AwardCategoryAuthorTitlePublisher
**Davitt Award**NovelMalla Nunn*A Beautiful Place to Die*Pan Macmillan
Young adult novelCatherine Jinks*Genius Squad*Allen & Unwin
True crimeChloe Hooper*The Tall Man*Penguin
Readers' choiceKatherine Howell*The Darkest Hour*Pan Macmillan
**Ned Kelly Award**NovelPeter Corris*Deep Water*Allen & Unwin
Kel Robertson*Smoke and Mirrors*Ginninderra Press
First novelNick Gadd*Ghostlines*Scribe
True crimeChloe Hooper*The Tall Man*Penguin
Lifetime achievementShane Maloney

Science Fiction and Fantasy

International

AwardCategoryAuthorTitlePublisher
**World Fantasy Award**Best NovelMargo Lanagan*Tender Morsels*Knopf

National

AwardCategoryAuthorTitlePublisher
**Aurealis Award**SF NovelAndrew McGahan*Wonders of a Godless World*Allen & Unwin
SF Short StoryPeter M. Ball"Clockwork, Patchwork and Ravens"*Apex Magazine*
Fantasy NovelTrudi Canavan*The Magician's Apprentice*Orbit Books
Fantasy Short StoryChristopher Green"Father's Kill"*Beneath Ceaseless Skies*
Ian McHugh"Once a Month, On a Sunday"*Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine*
Horror NovelHoney Brown*Red Queen*Penguin Books
Horror Short StoryPaul Haines"Slice of Life – A Spot of Liver"The Mayne Press
Paul Haines"Wives"Coeur de Lion Publishing (X6)
**Ditmar Award**NovelMargo Lanagan*Tender Morsels*Allen & Unwin
Novella/NoveletteKirstyn McDermott"Painlessness"*Greatest Uncommon Denominator*
Short StoryMargo Lanagan"The Goosle"The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy
Collected Worked. Jack Dann*Dreaming Again*Voyager
**Shadows Award**Kaaron Warren*Slights*Angry Robot

Poetry

AwardAuthorTitlePublisher
**Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature**Not awarded
**The Age Book of the Year**Peter Porter*Better Than God*Picador
title= Austlit — Anne Eldr Award (2008-2010)publisher= Austliturl=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/v148?mainTabTemplate=awardWorksAndAgents&from=12&count=3access-date= 28 February 2024}}Emma Jones*The Striped World*Faber and Faber
title= Austlit — Grace Leven Poetry prize (2008-2012)publisher= Austliturl=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/v186access-date= 28 February 2024}}Not awarded
title=Mary Gilmore Awardwebsite= Association for the Study of Australian Literatureurl=https://www.asal.org.au/awards/mary-gilmore-award/access-date=29 February 2024}}Not awarded
**New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards**L. K. Holt*Man Wolf Man*John Leonard Press
**Queensland Premier's Literary Awards**Emma Jones*The Striped World*Faber and Faber
**Victorian Premier's Literary Award**Robert Adamson*The Golden Bird*Black Inc.
**Western Australian Premier's Book Awards**Kate Middleton*Fire Season*Giramondo Publishing

Drama

AwardAuthorTitlePublisher
**Patrick White Playwrights' Award**Ian Wilding*Forever Seven*

Non-Fiction

AwardCategoryAuthorTitlePublisher
**Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature**Non-FictionNot awarded
**The Age Book of the Year**Non-fictionGuy Rundle*Down to the Crossroads*Penguin Books
**Indie Book Awards Book of the Year**Non-FictionChloe Hooper*The Tall Man: Death and Life on Palm Island*Hamish Hamilton
**Children's Book of the Year Award**Eve Pownall Award for Information BooksLincoln Hall*Alive in the Death Zone*Random House
**Davitt Award**True crimeChloe Hooper*The Tall Man: Death and Life on Palm Island*Hamish Hamilton
title="National Biography Award – Past Winners"publisher= State Library of NSWurl=https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/awards/national-biography-award?page=2access-date= 1 August 2024}}BiographyAnn Blainey*I Am Melba*Black Inc.
**Prime Minister's Literary Awards**Non-fictionEvelyn Juers*House of Exile: The Life and Times of Heinrich Mann and Nelly-Kroeger Mann*Giramondo Publishing
Marilyn Lake and Henry Reynolds*Drawing the Global Colour Line*Melbourne University Press
**New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards**Non-fictionChloe Hooper*The Tall Man: Death and Life on Palm Island*Hamish Hamilton
**New South Wales Premier's History Awards**Australian HistoryRobin Gerster*Travels in Atomic Sunshine: Australia and the Occupation of Japan*Scribe
Community and Regional HistoryDavid Bollen*Up on the Hill: A History of St Patrick's College*UNSW Press
General HistoryWarwick Anderson*The Collectors of Lost Souls: Turning Kuru Scientists into Whitemen*Johns Hopkins University Press
Young People'sAnthony Hill*Captain Cook's Apprentice*Penguin Books
**Queensland Premier's Literary Awards**Non-fictionChloe Hooper*The Tall Man: Death and Life on Palm Island*Hamish Hamilton
HistoryJill Roe*Stella Miles Franklin*Fourth Estate
**Victorian Premier's Literary Award**Non-fictionChloe Hooper*The Tall Man: Death and Life on Palm Island*Hamish Hamilton
**Western Australian Premier's Book Awards**Non-fictionIain McCalman*Darwin's Armada*W.W. Norton
Western Australian historyPenelope Hetherington*Paupers, Poor Relief & Poor Houses*UWA Publishing

Deaths

  • 14 January – Val Vallis, poet (born 1916)
  • 3 June – Geoffrey C. Bingham, theological and short story writer (born 1919)
  • 3 July – Frank Devine, journalist (born 1931)
  • 6 September – Catherine Gaskin, author (born 1929 in Ireland)
  • 8 September – Rica Erickson, botanical and historical writer (born 1908)
  • 24 November – John West, poet (born 1951)

References

Note: all references relating to awards can, or should be, found on the relevant award's page.

References

  1. [http://blogs.smh.com.au/entertainment/archives/undercover/020948.html HarperCollins takes over at ABC Books]
  2. (2009-02-04). "Director closes the book on literature venture".
  3. [http://www.theage.com.au/national/chapter-two-in-writing-centres-quest-for-leader-20090218-8bht.html Chapter two in writing centre's quest for leader]
  4. "Minister suspends $110,000 State literary prize".
  5. "''The Death of Bunny Munro'' by Nick Cave". National Library of Australia.
  6. "''Black Dust Dancing'' by Tracy Crisp". National Library of Australia.
  7. "''The Book of Emmett'' by Deborah Forster". National Library of Australia.
  8. "''Reunion'' by Andrea Goldsmith". National Library of Australia.
  9. "''Valley of Grace'' by Marion Halligan". National Library of Australia.
  10. "''Pescador's Wake'' by Katherine Johnson". National Library of Australia.
  11. "''The Marriage Club'' by Kate Legge". National Library of Australia.
  12. "''The Diamond Anchor'' by Jennifer Mills". National Library of Australia.
  13. "''The Virtuoso'' by Sonia Orchard". National Library of Australia.
  14. "''Headlong'' by Susan Varga". National Library of Australia.
  15. "''Krakatoa Lighthouse'' by Allan Baillie". National Library of Australia.
  16. "''Girl Next Door'' by Alyssa Brugman". National Library of Australia.
  17. "''The Winds of Heaven'' by Judith Clarke". National Library of Australia.
  18. "''The Nest'' by Paul Jennings". National Library of Australia.
  19. "''The Madman of Venice'' by Sophie Masson". National Library of Australia.
  20. "''Jarvis 24'' by David Metzenthen". National Library of Australia.
  21. "''The Lucky Ones'' by Tohby Riddle". National Library of Australia.
  22. "''The Scarecrow'' by Sean Williams". National Library of Australia.
  23. "''High Noon in Nimbin'' by Robert G. Barrett". National Library of Australia.
  24. "''Move to Strike'' by Sydney Bauer". National Library of Australia.
  25. "''The Iron Heart'' by Marshall Browne". National Library of Australia.
  26. "''Blood Born'' by Kathryn Fox". National Library of Australia.
  27. "''Black Ice'' by Leah Giarratano". National Library of Australia.
  28. "''Dark Country'' by Bronwyn Parry". National Library of Australia.
  29. "''The Aristocrat and The Single Mom'' by Michelle Douglas". Austlit.
  30. "''Two Weeks in the Magnate's Bed'' by Nicola Marsh". National Library of Australia.
  31. "''The Hunter's Wife'' by Katherine Scholes". National Library of Australia.
  32. "''Valente's Baby'' by Maxine Sullivan". National Library of Australia.
  33. "''The Spell of Rosette'' by Kim Falconer". ISFDB.
  34. "''Full Circle'' by Pamela Freeman". ISFDB.
  35. "''Being of the Field'' by Traci Harding". ISFDB.
  36. "''Shadow Queen'' by Deborah Kalin". ISFDB.
  37. "''The Last Stormlord'' by Glenda Larke". ISFDB.
  38. "''Heart's Blood'' by Juliet Marillier". ISFDB.
  39. "''The Dark Griffin'' by K. J. Taylor". ISFDB.
  40. "''The Grand Conjunction'' by Sean Williams". ISFDB.
  41. "''The Dark Room'' by Angela Betzien". Austlit.
  42. "''Poor Boy'' by Matt Cameron & Tim Finn". Austlit.
  43. "''Rockabye'' by Joanna Murray-Smith". Austlit.
  44. "''The Book of Everything'' by Richard Tulloch". Austlit.
  45. "''Let the Sunshine'' by David Williamson". Austlit.
  46. "''The Darwin Poems'' by Emily Ballou". National Library of Australia.
  47. "''Storm and Honey'' by Judith Beveridge". National Library of Australia.
  48. "''The Striped World'' by Emma Jones". National Library of Australia.
  49. "''Pirate Rain'' by Jennifer Maiden". National Library of Australia.
  50. "''The Bee Hut'' by Dorothy Porter". National Library of Australia.
  51. "''Better Than God'' by Peter Porter". National Library of Australia.
  52. "''Boy He Cry: An Island Odyssey'' by Roger Averill". National Library of Australia.
  53. "''Will It Be Funny Tomorrow, Billy?'' by Stephen Cummings". National Library of Australia.
  54. "''The Making of Julia Gillard'' by Jacqueline Kent". National Library of Australia.
  55. "''Harry M Miller: Confessions of a Not-So-Secret Agent'' by Harry M. Miller with Peter Holder". National Library of Australia.
  56. "''Shots'' by Don Walker". National Library of Australia.
  57. "''Choir Man'' by Jonathon Welch". National Library of Australia.
  58. "''The Ghost at the Wedding'' by Shirley Walker". National Library of Australia.
  59. "''Leo 'Rumpole' McKern: An Accidental Actor'' by George Whaley". National Library of Australia.
  60. "''David Williamson: Behind the Scenes'' by Kristin Williamson". National Library of Australia.
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  62. "Austlit — Melbourne Prize". Austlit.
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  67. ""Indie Book Awards - Winners 2012 & prior"". Australian Independent Booksellers.
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  74. (2009-06-18). "Tim Winton wins fourth Miles Franklin award".
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  81. "2009 Ned Kelly Award Winners".
  82. ""SFADB : World Fantasy Awards 2009"". SFADB.
  83. "SFADB: Ditmar Awards 2009"". SFADB.
  84. "Austlit — Anne Eldr Award (2008-2010)". Austlit.
  85. "Austlit — Grace Leven Poetry prize (2008-2012)". Austlit.
  86. "Mary Gilmore Award".
  87. ""Patrick White Playwrights' Award – Past Winners"". Sydney Theatre Company.
  88. ""National Biography Award – Past Winners"". State Library of NSW.
  89. "Val Vallis (1916-2009)". The University of Queensland.
  90. "Geoffrey C. Bingham (1919-2009)". The University of Queensland.
  91. "Frank Devine (1931-2009)". Austlit.
  92. "Catherine Gaskin (1929-2009)". The University of Queensland.
  93. "Rica Erikson (1908-2009)". Austlit.
  94. "John West (1951-2009)". Austlit.
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